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This year's conference, held in Glasgow from 19-21 May, drew record numbers of exhibitors and delegates from thoughout the UK. The theme for this year's meeting was to provide members with “new perspectives” on the profession and the future of UK dentistry. Photographs by Anthony Fulcher
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A message from the new BDA President
This year's British Dental Conference and Exhibition was our biggest ever. The feedback from members and other attendees has been excellent and our friends in the dental trade and our corporate partners were delighted with the success of the exhibition and the associated fringe and seminar programme.
Going round meeting and talking to delegates, exhibitors and speakers there was a genuine sense of a vibrant successful event and of a profession looking to the future with confidence.
The BDA Events team, supplemented for conference by many other BDA staff, worked flat out to ensure a seamless event. It was a great team effort by BDA staff and officers.
As both Chair of the Events Working Group and as the incoming president, I could not have wished for a better event in which to step down from the former position and to step up to the latter. I would like to thank all concerned; our hard working staff and of course our speakers, sponsors and exhibitors whose continued support enables us to stage such an enjoyable and rewarding event. John Craig
WINNERS OF BDA AWARDS Announcements President John Craig President for 2007-08 Dr Josef Rich OBE Fellowship Lord Colwyn Mr J Warren Jones Dr Geoff Taylor Roll of Distinction Ms Mabel Slater Tomes Medal Dr John Lowry Honorary Membership Dr John Hunt
Official Platinum Sponsors: Wrigley Official Gold Sponsors: GlaxoSmithKline Philips Sonicare Official Silver Sponsors of the event and VDP Ball Sponsor: MDDUS VDP Ball Sponsor: Oasis Dental Care Ltd Conference Dinner Sponsor: BDA Scotland Branches
There were 120 stands at the exhibition Nearly 3200 people attended this year
Correction In the 2005 Conference and Exhibition BDJ Supplement, p. 41, Exhibitor Profile for Aloe in Dentistry, a website address was printed in error. Aloe in Dentistry do not have a website, but the company's distributor Graeme Leigh can be contacted at ge_leigh@btinternet.co.uk.
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British Dental Conference and Exhibition 2005. Br Dent J 198, 785–787 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bdj.4812503
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